Fishing-rod.



C. A. TREDWELL.

FISHING ROD.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 24. 1911.

Patented Ja11.2,1912.

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CHARLES A. TREDWELL, 0F BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIG-NOR TO THE I-IORTONl MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 0F BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, .A CORPORATION OF CON-NECTICUT.

FISHING-ROD.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. TRED- WELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFishing-Rods; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being hadv to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, and to thefigures and letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in fishing rods and is moreespecially,though not exclusively, applicable to telescopic metal rodsin which the handle is separable from the body of the rod, the objectsof the invention being to provide a reversible handle of improvedconstruction with which the position of the reel with relation to thehand-piece may be changed to suit the convenience of the user, or thecharacter of the work being done; that is to say, by reversing thehandle the reel may be positioned either above or below the hand-piece.

The invention consists in certain novel de- )tails of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be now described andpointed out particularly in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,-Figures l and 2 are perspectiveviews of the butt end of a fishing rod including the handle with thehandle in a relatively reversed position in the two views; Fig. 3 is asection in a plane longitudinally of the handle with portions inelevation.

Like letters of reference in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

The body of the rod indicated by the re'ference letter A may be of anyof the usual or preferred types now in common use with its larger endformed to fit into a socket in the end of the handle portion B.

The handle portion of the rod, in accordance with the present invention,is made reversible; that is to say, it is provided at each end with asocket for the reception of the end of the rod, and in each socket thereis mounted to slide longitudinally, a closure, which, when projected,closes and lies substantially flush with the end of the socket orhandle, and is adapted to be pushed' inwardly when the rod is inserted.In the preferred construction the two closures for the Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application led August 24, 1911.

Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

serial No. 645,715.

oppositely disposed sockets are adapted to be moved one by the lother;thus, when the rod is pushed into one socket, thereby displacing theclosure therein, the closure for the opposite socket is advanced ormoved outwardly so as to close the socket and pre- .sent a smoothfinished appearance at the inner end of the handle, which willeffectually prevent the entry of dirt, etc.

Referring particularly to Fig. 3, which illustrates a preferredembodiment of the invention, it will be seen that the handle B isprovided at each end withv an open ferrule C which ferrules form thesockets for the reception of the end of the rod. In each ferrule thereis mounted to slide longitudinally a closed end ferrule D, eachpreferably split at its inner end,' and expanded suffi-l ciently toafford friction for holding the ferrule in any position to which it maybe moved. Between the ferrules at opposite ends of the handle there ismounted a push rod E. Said push rod may conveniently take a bearing inthe center of the handle and at its ends projects into the inner ends ofthe closed ferrules. The length of the push rod is such that when oneclosed ferrule is at the inner extreme of its movement, the other is atthe outer extreme of its movement, or in position to close the openingto the socket.

The construction described is not only highly eflicient for the purposeintended, but is very cheap to manufacture, inasmuch as the openferrules may be simply crowded into the apertures formed for theirreception in the end of the handle, where they will be held by friction,or their outer ends may abut against the usual external finishingferrules commonly used on the handles of fishing rods.

To reverse the position of the handle, or change it from the positionshown in Fig. l to that shown in Fig. 2, or vice versa, it is onlynecessary for the user to withdraw the rod from the socket at one end,turn the handle around, and insert the rod in the socket at the oppositeend. The insertion of the rod in the opposite end of the handledisplaces the closure for that socket, and moves the closure of theopposite socket into position for closing the socket, and preventing theentry of dirt into the same. In effect the user does nothing more thanmerely reverse the handle and insert the rod n the socket, the closingof the opposite socket being automatically effected, thereby ydoing awayentirely with the cumbersome means heretofore employed, such, forinstance, as a separate screw cap or other device which must be removedand replaced whenever the handle is reversed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, s:

1. A reversible handle for shing rods, having a socket at each` end forthe reception of the end of the rod and a sliding closure for eachsocket adapted to be displaced by v the entry of the end of the rod.

2. A reversible handle for fishing rods having a socket at each end forthe reception of the end of the rod, a sliding closure in each socket,and an operating connection 'between'the closures whereby thedisplacement of one closure by the entry of the rod moves the otherclosure into position to close its socket. v

3. A reversible handle for fishing rods having a socket at each end forthe reception of the end of the rod, aclosed end ferrule slidablymounted in each socket to form a closure, and a push connectionintermediate said ferrules whereby the entry of the rod in one socketmoves the ferrule in the other socket out into position to close thesocket.

4. A reversible handle for shng rods having an open errule at each endforming rod sockets, a closed errule in each open ferrule, each movableinto position to close its ferrule, and a push rod mounted within thehandle and extending into the ferrules, whereby the displacement of oneclosed ferrule by the entry of the fishing rod will displace the otherclosed ferrule to close the socket at that end of the handle.

5. A reversible handle for fishing rods having a socket at each endi'orthe end of the fishing rod, a closure movable longitudinally in eachsocket, a connection inter-V mediate the closures whereby when one ispushed inwardly the other will be pushed outwardly and frictional meansfor holding the closures against movement in the sockets.

CHARLES A. TREDWELL.

Witnesses PAUL C. BALDWIN, CHARLES S. JOY.

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Y Washington, D. C.

